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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Oct 29

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Sep 17Oct 29latest

Receipts

1,350 head

▲ 71 vs last sale 1,279▼ 70 vs year ago 1,420 · −4.9%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Oct 27, 2026 Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a solid offering was met with good to very good demand. Trade was active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.27/cwt on 122 head, up $1.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −27.60 against this barn's trailing median of $461.87.

Average price

$434.27

▲ 1.61 vs prior sale

122 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$449

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$94.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−0.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	452.01	2,482	76
Medium and Large 1-2	555	409.46	2,271	42
Medium and Large 2	568	357.66	2,032	4thin

One grade step is worth $94.35/cwt here — about $449 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale122 hd

434.27

—

IL average1 barns · 122 hd

434.27

+0.00

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

−0.88

This barn, trailing median12 sales

461.87

−27.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $357.89, median $461.87 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

68 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,508	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,701	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	583.25/cwt	485.00–610.00	1,901	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,815	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	365	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,332	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	498.97/cwt	480.00–525.00	1,871	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	440.09/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,928	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	522.37/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,298	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	377.42/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,736	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,415	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	440.21/cwt	410.00–465.00	2,109	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	465.92/cwt	435.00–484.00	2,404	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	421.15/cwt	417.50–425.00	2,257	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	441.90/cwt	430.00–449.00	2,532	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	396.60/cwt	372.50–415.00	2,280	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	351.88/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,027	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	422.45/cwt	395.00–448.00	2,607	57
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	361.10/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,275	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	390.93/cwt	390.00–391.00	2,619	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	376.27/cwt	342.50–387.50	2,562	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,311	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	344.85/cwt	312.50–357.50	2,500	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	379.50/cwt	369.00–389.00	2,759	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	325.58/cwt	321.00–336.00	2,510	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,048	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	324.95/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,671	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,928	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	350.64/cwt	346.75–355.50	3,089	301
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	887	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,643	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,830	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	331.15/cwt	323.00–336.00	3,100	131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	215	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	935	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	292	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,533	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,815	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	467.53/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,664	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	432.28/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,656	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	385.00/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,521	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	444.91/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,882	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,573	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	378.34/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,729	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	385.95/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,806	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	411.18/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,974	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	419.38/cwt	387.50–430.00	2,139	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,647	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	360.14/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,956	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	380.55/cwt	375.00–382.50	2,154	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	347.71/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,978	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	322.11/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,833	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	353.80/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,232	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	338.82/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,270	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	313.73/cwt	307.50–320.00	2,268	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	329.54/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,389	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	318.80/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,455	88
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	301.28/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,320	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	781	276.69/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,161	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,584	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	306.29/cwt	302.50–309.50	2,619	120
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,545	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	900	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,349	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,093	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	871	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,417	5

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Oct 29, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 1,350Last week 1,279Year ago 1,420

Today at Fairview, a solid offering was met with good to very good demand. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	380.00–390.00	385.00
2	450–500	468	375.00–397.50	385.95
1	500–550	540	305.00	305.00
7	550–600	569	315.00–327.50	322.11
6	750–800	781	275.00–280.00	276.69
6	900–950	900	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	435.00	435.00
1	300–350	330	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	383	420.00–440.00	432.28
1	400–450	425	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	457	377.50–380.00	378.34
4	500–550	543	330.00–370.00	360.14
6	550–600	569	340.00–355.00	347.71
7	650–700	675	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	723	307.50–320.00	313.73
4	750–800	770	295.00–310.00	301.28
1	850–900	870	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	525.00	525.00
4	300–350	333	545.00	545.00
4	350–400	356	430.00–480.00	467.53
9	400–450	423	425.00–455.00	444.91
16	450–500	480	402.50–422.50	411.18
8	500–550	510	387.50–430.00	419.38
21	550–600	566	375.00–382.50	380.55
30	600–650	631	335.00–360.00	353.80
34	650–700	670	335.00–341.00	338.82
25	700–750	725	320.00–337.00	329.54
88	750–800	770	312.00–320.00	318.80
25	800–850	805	321.00	321.00
120	850–900	855	302.50–309.50	306.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	370.00–382.50	377.42
1	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	576	340.00–357.50	351.88
1	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	695	332.50	332.50
1	750–800	780	262.50	262.50
10	850–900	887	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	375	480.00–525.00	498.97
2	400–450	438	435.00–445.00	440.09
9	450–500	479	410.00–465.00	440.21
22	500–550	536	417.50–425.00	421.15
20	550–600	575	372.50–415.00	396.60
9	600–650	630	350.00–380.00	361.10
32	650–700	681	342.50–387.50	376.27
29	700–750	725	312.50–357.50	344.85
12	750–800	771	321.00–336.00	325.58
3	800–850	822	322.50–330.00	324.95
11	900–950	928	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	670.00	670.00
2	250–300	270	630.00	630.00
6	300–350	326	485.00–610.00	583.25
14	400–450	440	485.00–525.00	522.37
7	450–500	469	515.00	515.00
32	500–550	516	435.00–484.00	465.92
44	550–600	573	430.00–449.00	441.90
57	600–650	617	395.00–448.00	422.45
13	650–700	670	390.00–391.00	390.93
21	700–750	727	369.00–389.00	379.50
66	800–850	827	354.00	354.00
301	850–900	881	346.75–355.50	350.64
131	900–950	936	323.00–336.00	331.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	871	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	550	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	620	337.50	337.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.